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346 TEOS AND MILETUS REl^OLT [VIII When fairly away from land he observed the superior numbers of the fleet coming from Chios, and fled towards Samos, pursued by the enemy. The land-forces were not at first received by the Teians, but after the flight of the Athenians they admitted them. The troops waited a little for the return of Chalcideus from the pursuit, but as he did not come they proceeded without him to demolish the fort which the Athenians had built for the protection of Teos on the land side. A few barbarians under the com- mand of Stages, a lieutenant of Tissaphernes, came and joined in the work of demolition. 17 Chalcideus and Alcibiades, when they had chased Chalcideus audAicib- Strombichldcs to Samos, gave heavy iadcs raise a revolt in arms to the crews of the ships which (5) MilcUts, in their jj^ey had brought from Peloponnesus, turn narrowly escapnw , , ^ , • r^, • t-i 1 Strombtchides and ^nd left them in Chios. Then, havmg Thrasyclcs, who anchor manned their own vessels and twenty »t Ladh. others with Chians, they sailed to Miletus, intending to raise a revolt. — For Alcibiades, who was on friendly terms with the principal Milesians, wanted to gain over the place before any more ships from Pelopon- nesus arrived, and, using the Chian troops and those of Chalcideus only, to spread revolt far and wide among the cities of Ionia. Thus he would gain the chief glory of the war for the Chians, for himself, for Chalcideus ; and, in fulfilment of his promise ^, for Endius, who had sent him out. — They were not observed during the greater part of their voyage, and, although narrowly escaping from Strom- bichides, and from Thrasycles who had just arrived with twelve ships from Athens and had joined Strombichides in the pursuit, they succeeded in raising a revolt in Miletus. The Athenians followed close behind them with nineteen ships, but the Milesians would not receive them, and they came to anchor at Lade, the island opposite the town. Immediately after the revolt of Miletus the Lacedaemon- ians ma,de their first alliance with the King of Persia, » Cp. viii. ja.